Bio

Anton Khudobin Bio

Not exactly the prototype size for an NHL goalie these days, but still incredibly athletic, the 5-foot-11, 203-pound Khudobin has spent nearly a decade trying to settle into an NHL home.

Since joining the professional ranks in 2007, the Kazakhstan-born goaltender has had stints with the Minnesota Wild, Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes and Anaheim Ducks organizations.

Not exactly the prototype size for an NHL goalie these days, but still incredibly athletic, the 5-foot-11, 203-pound Khudobin has spent nearly a decade trying to settle into an NHL home.

Since joining the professional ranks in 2007, the Kazakhstan-born goaltender has had stints with the Minnesota Wild, Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes and Anaheim Ducks organizations.

Khudobin's minor-league travels are, therefore, rather extensive: two teams in the East Coast Hockey League and four in the American Hockey League.

The Wild drafted him in the seventh round (No. 206) in the 2004 NHL Draft while still playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in Russia.

Khudobin's pro life in North America got off to a solid start as he posted a 20-1-4 record, 1.98 goals-against average and .934 save percentage for Texas in the ECHL. He'd wait patiently for two full seasons before receiving a shot in the NHL, a two-game call-up with the Wild in February 2010.

On Feb. 28, 2011, the Wild traded Khudobin to the Boston Bruins. A strong season at Providence in the AHL warranted a call-up as the emergency goaltender in what was hoped would be a long playoff run in the spring of 2011.

Those hopes proved to be well founded and Khudobin, without dressing for any of the 25 games it took to lay claim to a title, was nevertheless included in the Bruins' Stanley Cup celebration photo and received a ring to commemorate the championship.

Over his lone full season for the Bruins, the lockout-shortened 2012-13, Khudobin served as back-up to starter Tuukka Rask, winning nine of 14 decisions while registering a 2.32 GAA and a .920 save percentage.

Those numbers caught the attention of the Hurricanes, who signed Khudobin as a free agent.

His first year in Raleigh, N.C., produced 19 wins in 36 games, but Khudobin found himself traded again, in June 2015, to Anaheim.

With John Gibson and Frederik Andersen entrenched in the 1-2 spots in Anaheim and Boston's Jonas Gustavsson departing for the Edmonton Oilers as a free agent, Khudobin signed as a free agent with the Bruins on July 1, 2016.